LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Nest of the Ferruginous Rough-legged Bwzziir A. F>-o>!i ispifce 

 Nest of the Forster's Tern in Muskrat House in Heron 



Lake, Minn ' 



Nest of the Louisiana Tanager 6 



Flight of the Spotted Sandpiper, (diagram) 7 



Quiver Creek near Lake lo 



Lotus Bed in Quiver Lake " 



Donald A. Cohen, (portrait) U 



Nest and Eggs of the Nashville Warbler Frontispiece 



Portion of Quiver Lake '9 



East Bank of Illinois River near Quiver Lake 20 



Young Red-tailed Hawk, (from life) 24 



Young Red-tails, (from life) 25 



Nest and Three Young of the Prairie ^?i.xh\&'[. Frontispiece 



Sheep attacked by Keas 3i 



Nestor productus 32 



Nest and Eggs of the Marsh Hawk 36 



Young Louisiana Heron, erroneously labeled "Little 



Blue," (from life) 37 



Nest and Eggs of the Marsh Hawk (two photos) Frontispiece 



Snowy Owl, (from life) 46 



Simon Pokagon, (portrait) 52 



Cedar Waxwing, (from life) Frontispiece 



Nest and Young of the Yellow-breasted Chat, (from nature) 60 



Turkey Vulture, (from life) 61 



Marbled Murrelet, (from life) 64 



Nest and Eggs of Costa's Hummingbird taken from Cactus 71 



Instantaneous Photograph of Gull in Flight 73 



Great Horned Owl, (from life) 75 



Pelican Island, Indian River, Florida 76 



American Rough-legged Hawk, from painting by Louis 



Agassiz Fuertes Frontispiece 



Major Charles E. Bendire, (portrait) 87 



Long-billed Marsh Wren, from painting by Louis Agassiz 



Fuertes 89 



Louis Agassiz Fuertes, (portrait) 91 



Screech Owl, Red Phase, from painting by Louis Agassiz 



Fuertes 92 



Snowy Owl, from painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 93 



Dr. Elliott Coues, (portrait) Frontispiece 



Mabel Osgood Wright, (portrait) 103 



Mexican Screech Owl, (from life) 105 



Nest of the Red-eyed Vireo 107 



Home of the Loggerhead Shrike, (from nature) 109 



An Improved Egg-blower, (figure) no 



Magnolia Warblers, from painting by Louis Agassiz 



Fuertes Frontispiece 



Live Marbled Murrelets 115 



Anna's Hummingbird, (from life) 116 



Anna's Hummingbird Feeding Young, (from life) 116 



Nest and Eggs of the American Herring Gull 117 



The Formation of the Bill in the Genits loxia, (8 figures)... 118 



Great Horned Owl — Father and Son (?), (from life) i ig 



California Condor 125 



Anna's Hummingbird, Young and Nest, (from life) 126 



Nest and Eggs of the American Osprey 127 



A Large Osprey Nest on Gardiner's Island 127 



Young Ospreys at Gardiner's Island 128 



Osprey Nest on Gardiner's Island 128 



Osprey Nest in Rhode Island. 129 



Ospreys Nesting in Lower California 130 



Young Osprey, (from life) 134 



Louisiana Water Thrush, from painting by Louis Agassiz 



Fuertes Frontispiece 



Nest of the Western Meadowlark 139 



Osprey's Nest at San Clemente Island 140 



Yellowstone Osprey Nest 140 



An Osprey — Nest on Rock Below 141 



An Osprey Approaching Nest 144 



